LIVING AND SHARING THE GOSPEL
From Section 14 of We Believe, entitled Faith, Salvation & Repentance … 14.5 What is salvation? It is the restoration of human communion with God and the deliverance of the entire creation from the bondage of sin and death. In saving us, God grants us reconciliation with him, forgiveness of sins, adoption into […]
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INTRODUCTION A. Last session, we started a review of GCI doctrines. B. In this session … we are continuing that review by revisiting one section of We Believe — a resource that assists adults and older teens in studying the core beliefs of our Christian faith. We Believe is grounded in the Holy
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INTRODUCTION There is only one Gospel … but there are many different ways of presenting the Gospel … The ABC approach: A short presentation where A is for Admit, B is for Believe and C is for Confess. The Romans Road: A systematic way to explain salvation using consecutive verses from the Book of Romans.
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2 Corinthians 13:11-13 (NRSVue) Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell. Be restored; listen to my appeal; agree with one another; live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you. 12 Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints greet you. 13 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,
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WELCOME and THANKS for joining us. OPENING COMMENTS A lot of people don’t know it … but there are several versions of the Bible that do NOT mention the word “hell” at all. So … Why do so many Christians believe in Hell? Is the belief of so many in the doctrine of
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INTRODUCTION As we have been looking at the importance of theology, we have spent most of the time looking at two theologies which have had the greatest influence on modern Christian belief — Calvinism and Arminianism. However, as we began to see over the past two sessions, those are not the only ways, or
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PLEASE NOTE: The article below was copied from the Grace Communion International website (gci.org). Some words and sections of the text have been highlighted for emphasis. Beware Theological Labels… by Joseph Tkach As our understanding of who God is (our theology) developed, we began using the term “Incarnational Trinitarian theology” to identify and summarize our
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The following article, by Joseph Tkach, former President of Grace Communion International, was taken from the GCI website (gci.org). Please note that some formatting changes — such as the use of bullet points and indentations — have been made (to make reading easier). Apart from that, however, the words in the text are essentially the
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WELCOME and THANKS for joining us. OPENING PRAYER PREDESTINATION INTRODUCTION A. Several weeks ago, we were reminded of the time when Jesus said “Many are called, but few are chosen.” (Matthew 22:14) B. That prompted a bit of discussion that included questions about what it means to be “called” and what it
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WE BELIEVE … Section 4 (continued) … God the Holy Spirit 4.1 Who is God the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Trinity, eternally proceeding from the Father through the Son. The Holy Spirit is the comforter promised by Jesus Christ, who unites us with the Father and
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